Health

The Kano State Primary Health Care Management Board (KSPHCMB) has commenced efforts to strengthen and sustain Routine Immunization (RI) coordination across the state. The initiative was highlighted at a one-day …

Katsina State Government has secured an additional 650,000 doses of diphtheria-containing vaccines as it intensifies efforts to contain an outbreak that has recorded more than 1,000 suspected cases across the …

Musa Ubandawaki, Sokoto The management of Sokoto Specialist Hospital has rejected allegations circulating on social media that doctors were absent from the hospital’s Emergency Ward, describing the claim as inaccurate …

Isiyaku Ahmed Kano State Government has constituted a Special Committee to coordinate efforts to contain the reported diphtheria outbreak in parts of the state, with particular concern over cases and …

The ongoing diphtheria outbreak in Katsina State has put the Federal Teaching Hospital (FTH), Katsina, under severe pressure as a surge in suspected and confirmed cases pushes its children’s ward …

Kano State Government has dismissed reports that a diphtheria outbreak in Rano Local Government Area claimed the lives of 50 children, describing the figure as unverified and misleading. The Director-General …

The Kano State Health Trust Fund (KHETFUND) has organised a sensitisation meeting for Zonal Director, PHCC and WTO’s in charges From Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area on how to access …

Isiyaku Ahmed The African Perinatal Society (APS), the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Bayero University Kano (BUK) and Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH) have called for stronger collaboration, research and …

Isiyaku Ahmed The President of the African Perinatal Society (APS), Professor Aliyu Labaran Dayyabu, has announced plans to establish the African Centre for Perinatal Research and Training (ACPRT) to strengthen …

The Kano State House of Assembly has called on the state government to urgently intervene in the reported outbreak of diphtheria in Rano Local Government Area, which has allegedly claimed …